Andrew Halliwell
@spike1967.bsky.social
I've been around a bit. Grew up in Oldham, university at Keele and a few years living around Stoke-on-Trent, then a few more living in Bromley, South London.
I've tended to base my fiction in those areas, too.
DO NOT BLIND MSG ME! Sick of it.
I've tended to base my fiction in those areas, too.
DO NOT BLIND MSG ME! Sick of it.
Did Calvin make that?
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Did Calvin make that?
The #WIPSnips word for December 17th is "clay" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
From book 5
From book 5
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The #WIPSnips word for December 17th is "clay" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
From book 5
From book 5
Still for the right age bracket. Kids like being scared!
December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Still for the right age bracket. Kids like being scared!
Might I recommend the Weirdstone of Brinsingamen and its sequel, the Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner...
There's a few weird monsters in them. Good stories, too.
There's a few weird monsters in them. Good stories, too.
December 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Might I recommend the Weirdstone of Brinsingamen and its sequel, the Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner...
There's a few weird monsters in them. Good stories, too.
There's a few weird monsters in them. Good stories, too.
The #WIPSnips word for December 16th is “moist”
A word even Suzie Dent hates.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
From book 5
A word even Suzie Dent hates.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
From book 5
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The #WIPSnips word for December 16th is “moist”
A word even Suzie Dent hates.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
From book 5
A word even Suzie Dent hates.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
From book 5
Might as well show the others, then...
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Might as well show the others, then...
It's all about me! MEMEME! ME! Not about him! Big deal! He died! How sad! But look at me! He was a nasty person because he didn't like me, me! MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME!
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's all about me! MEMEME! ME! Not about him! Big deal! He died! How sad! But look at me! He was a nasty person because he didn't like me, me! MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME!
If that'd been America, Trump would've deported him.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If that'd been America, Trump would've deported him.
Mine was a joke, too, y'know.
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mine was a joke, too, y'know.
Oh, no. Paperback. UK.
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh, no. Paperback. UK.
The important question is...
Is there anything we can write that'll poison the AI, the way artists do with their works?
I doubt billionnaires care a jot about petitions. Not like you're submitting it to a government reliant on votes, after all.
Is there anything we can write that'll poison the AI, the way artists do with their works?
I doubt billionnaires care a jot about petitions. Not like you're submitting it to a government reliant on votes, after all.
December 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The important question is...
Is there anything we can write that'll poison the AI, the way artists do with their works?
I doubt billionnaires care a jot about petitions. Not like you're submitting it to a government reliant on votes, after all.
Is there anything we can write that'll poison the AI, the way artists do with their works?
I doubt billionnaires care a jot about petitions. Not like you're submitting it to a government reliant on votes, after all.
Although, the cover I'm familiar with is...
December 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Although, the cover I'm familiar with is...
So... why not just buy the picture the puzzle's cut from and hang it up on the wall?
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
So... why not just buy the picture the puzzle's cut from and hang it up on the wall?
Thoughts and prayers, that's all they ever have to say.
They never DO anything, just "thoughts and prayers"
There can't be a more empty sentiment.
They never DO anything, just "thoughts and prayers"
There can't be a more empty sentiment.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thoughts and prayers, that's all they ever have to say.
They never DO anything, just "thoughts and prayers"
There can't be a more empty sentiment.
They never DO anything, just "thoughts and prayers"
There can't be a more empty sentiment.
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I don't think it is.
Shame, cos it was a corker, but fashions change, as do laws, so the smoking room would've had to be relegated to an outside smoking shelter.
I doubt it'll ever be repeated.
Shame, cos it was a corker, but fashions change, as do laws, so the smoking room would've had to be relegated to an outside smoking shelter.
I doubt it'll ever be repeated.
December 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I don't think it is.
Shame, cos it was a corker, but fashions change, as do laws, so the smoking room would've had to be relegated to an outside smoking shelter.
I doubt it'll ever be repeated.
Shame, cos it was a corker, but fashions change, as do laws, so the smoking room would've had to be relegated to an outside smoking shelter.
I doubt it'll ever be repeated.
likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.
-- Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the radio scripts.
-- Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the radio scripts.
December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.
-- Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the radio scripts.
-- Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the radio scripts.
What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground beneath a giant boulder which you can't move, with no hope of rescue.
Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far.
If, however, life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more
Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far.
If, however, life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more
December 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground beneath a giant boulder which you can't move, with no hope of rescue.
Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far.
If, however, life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more
Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far.
If, however, life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more
Oh, and never slept on a waterbed. We had proper mattresses, with springs and shit.
December 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Oh, and never slept on a waterbed. We had proper mattresses, with springs and shit.
Everything on that list apart from Fax Machine, AOL account (not being American, there were other options in Britain, though they did exist), Cursive, no idea what that even is, really, we just called it joined-up writing.
December 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Everything on that list apart from Fax Machine, AOL account (not being American, there were other options in Britain, though they did exist), Cursive, no idea what that even is, really, we just called it joined-up writing.
Common problem. Even best selling authors have the odd bout of imposter syndrome.
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Common problem. Even best selling authors have the odd bout of imposter syndrome.